Protest for separate state turns violent in Maharashtra

Mon, May 02, 2016, 06:26 AM

Protest for separate Vidarbha state in Maharashtra turned violent, as agitators vandalised scores of buses in Yavatmal district on Sunday. In Nagpur city, political activists protested against ruling BJP government alleging that it had reneged on its promise to create separate state of Vidarbha. The protesters also unfurled a multi-colour flag as a mark of protest against the merger of the then Vidarbha region, the Central Provinces and Berar into Maharashtra on May 1, 1960.

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